Where does “Tenkasi” come from?

Tenkasi (English) comes from Tamil தென்காசி, from Tamil காசி, from Sanskrit ^काशि.

Ancestry of “Tenkasi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilதென்காசிthe capital city of the later Pandyas
2Tamilகாசிon the bank of the Ganga river; and the favourite city of the Hindu deity Shiva
3Sanskrit^काशि—
Every word from Sanskrit ^काशि →Every word from Tamil காசி →Every word from Tamil தென்காசி →